It was party time at Almost Famous this week - and bosses have revealed plans for a rapid expansion of the hip burger bar in the year ahead.

The restaurant closed to the public for a typically flamboyant party on Monday night to thank staff at all of the venues owned by the independent Beautiful Drinks company - Luck Lust Liquor and Burn, Home Sweet Home as well as the Manchester and Liverpool Almost Famous restaurants.

Boss Beau Myers revealed he's looking at "two to three" new Almost Famous openings in the year ahead.

And to give staff a break from flipping burgers, bosses managed to secure the services of acclaimed chefs from swanky city centre restaurant Manchester House to do the job on the night!

Chefs created fillet steak burgers as well as sushi for staff and VIP guests at the bash, which also included a bouncy castle, swingball matches and two paddling pools.

After the event boss Beau Myers revealed he's looking at "two to three" new Almost Famous openings in the year ahead.

The Great Northern Warehouse venue opened in December, after the original Northern Quarter base was ravaged by fire in the summer.

Beau says that original site, on High Street in the Northern Quarter, will soon be ready to reopen, offering two Almost Famous offerings in the city centre.

He's also confirmed he's eyeing three more sites for Almost Famous venues, locations yet to be disclosed.

He tells me: "Hoping for two to three new Almost Famous this year - although I have two other food concepts I'm keen to open in our beautiful Manchester - what's first is still a mystery to me. The next few weeks are strategic planning for the next two years."